Description This image taken from space is part of a collection of more than 400 amazing satellite pictures provided by Spot Image. Zibans is arid mountains in North Algeria. It consists of undulating, steppe-like plains lying between the Tell and Saharan Atlas ranges.

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Astrium-GEO handles the world-wide distribution of geographical information products and services using data from Earth observation satellites (optical or radar) ranging from low to very high resolution: Spot 4 and 5, Kompsat-2, Formosat-2, as well as TerraSAR-X, ENVISAT/ERS, LANDSAT-7, etc.